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Carnival Venezia Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Carnival Venezia

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 18, 2024

Ship: Carnival Venezia

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 14243

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

So couple of suggestions. I know Everyone’s in this to make money but too many people makes things difficult to enjoy. It makes it hard to get the full experience. Also, on early excursion days breakfast really should be earlier jst like debarkation day. We had to disembark 2 times with no breakfast. Over all we had a great time I’d rate this cruise 7/10. I will Def cruise again. This was my first time

Embarkation

1 out of 5
We waited 2-3 hours mostly outside in over 90 degree heat in NYC. Others who were frequent cruisers said this wasn’t a normal thing but it was horrendous and I’m not even sure why we made an appt because none of it mattered.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The steakhouse was amazing! The buffet was ok didn’t have much of a selection and was just ok. The dining room shows were fun but again food just ok with mostly very very slow service.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
There were always fun things to do. I wish pools and spaces were bigger or there was about 1000 less people. Certain times were difficult because of the amount of people.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
One of the singers in the theater was a wonderful singer. Also we really really enjoyed Judah.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Erje was our room attendant. I have To say I’ve never had someone so attentive before. Any hotel or stay I’ve ever had… he’s the best! Also all staff was very friendly and always saying hello.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It was beautifully designed and again the staff always had everything cleaned up promptly.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
It was a nice room lovely balcony. The bathroom was small and having A party of 4 I wish we got 2 rooms. It was small for 4

Ship tip

Bring your patience for the wait times and enjoy your hide views.

Ports of call

New York, New York

1 out of 5
Again the wait was a mess getting on. Awful.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

2 out of 5
I probably Will never go back here. Super busy and I did The the resort started with an I… the tour guide was nice and the bus was nice and cool. The pool was big when we got there but bugs everywhere took away. Pool was dirty and beach was very lack luster. Also because it’s private we thought we’d be safe but still chased by hair braiders.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Loved this!! My new favorite place on earth. We took the local flavors excursion. The tour guide was awesome. It was us and another family so very intimate. It was informative and the scenery was amazing. Absolutely everything I could Want.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
We only got a beach umbrella and had a beach day. First issue was the tender port. They packed that boat way too full we sat for 30 mins for a 2 min trip. Then when we had lunch birds aggressively trying to take our food it didn’t feel sanitary at all. Positives the beach was so beautiful even with the negatives I can’t give less than 4 stars. It was gorgeous.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Was smooth and good
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7 Comments

bonefixer     2 hours ago

Thanks for sharing, we loved the Venezia!

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody     4 months ago

Thanks for the input

TexasCruiseDiva     4 months ago

Order room service breakfast!

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience

cruising2004     4 months ago

Welcome to cruising! Thank you for your review.

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